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So I was lucky enough to find a 47 3600 with a rust free body (surface rust only, no holes!). It was in the middle of a restoration where the owner ran out of money. My problem is the font clip and cab are a perfect aged patina, but the repair shop blasted the entire bed. So I have half a sweet patina front end and cab, and a beautiful blasted bare metal box. Is there anyone who can tell me how to duplicate the look of the cab and front clips patina? Thanks.

It would help if you posted a picture of your existing patina.

That said, it's usually a layer process. Depending on what the patina you have looks like, that will determine the colors of the layers you lay down. For instance, on parts I did on my '46, I used black, then red oxide, then blue over top. I left the red a little wet before I put the blue on, so the blue cracked and left a bit of patina that way as well. Then once it was all dry I sanded through where I wanted the under-layers to show, sanding carefully with 400 or 600, until it looked as I wanted. When I was done I moved up to 2000 to smooth everything out, then used "blue diamond" polish on top for a bit of sheen. It worked great.

Wow, just the answers I was looking for. The wet red with a topcoat sounds perfect. Its the same color scheme I'm shooting for. I'll see if I can get a pic on here. Thanks, cant wait to experiment. Photobucket2

If you rub your truck down with CLR (and water) and a scotch-brite pad, any oxidation on the remaining paint and even surface rust over paint that you can't see will come out. You'll be shocked. Then you can match your new patina to that!

My truck was mostly green, and when I used the CLR/Scotch-Brite trick it turned blue again! I used the black underneath as a base in case I went through the red. Be careful when sanding to not go through too much, or you'll be starting over. Have fun!

So cool, I never would have thought of these techniques and I've painted hundreds of cars. This is clearly a whole new world! I have some concerns about the deep body seam that runs around the belt line of the cab and the areas under the front and rear window rubber. If I pull the windows, who knows what I'll find. I think now I can fix the look after eradicating any issues!!!! WOOT! Thanks again, and your 46 looks amazing. Mark.

Check out the image search below for pictures of the Rolling Bones cars. They're all man-made patina, but you wouldn't know it! They look great in my eyes. Same type of idea, layers.

Rolling Bones cars on Google